CE Tech Tips — November 2015

CE Professional Tech Tip Sharing

November 2015

**NOTICE**

Due the danger and complexity of electronics repair, the following shared
technical tips are intended for professional reference only. Please refer to
manufacturer’s recommendations as Encompass does not guarantee the accuracy,
reliability or safety of this information.

Hitachi TV, 53FDX20B

Reason for Service: Horizontal links in picture when cold or first turned on

Solution:  Wiggle the anode connector at each CRT to determine if it
causes the symptom. Replace anode lead.

Hitachi TV, 57UWX20B

Reason for Service: Focus not working correctly on left and right side of picture

Solution:  Add 2 spark gaps (CJ00072R) – one between pin 4 and 5 and
one between pin 8 and 5 of TG01.

Hitachi TV, 46UX12B

Reason for Service: No power, RL-901 does click

Solution: Check and replace
if necessary the following: CP-901, IC-901, ZD-904.

Insignia Plasma, NS-PDP42

Reason for Service: 
Set dead. When power button is pressed, LED goes
from red to green and back to red in a second or so.

Solution: Replacing several
3300uF/10V caps on the power supply board fixed the set: C238, C240, C241, C242
and C253.

Mitsubishi TV, WD-65735

Reason for Service: Lamp doesn’t light. Owner replaced, blinking LED still
shows bad lamp.

Solution: This lamp must be
replaced with OEM only; it has a much lower strike voltage.

Panasonic TV, PT47WXC43G

Reason for Service: No audio

Solution:  Check and replace IC1101.

Philips TV, 50PFP5332D/37

Reason for Service: 
Shuts down at turn on. It may work if you unplug VS
or VA plugs.

Solution: Replace the power
supply.

RCA TV, ITC008 chassis

Reason for Service: Set shuts down after a few seconds.

Solution: Replaced bad TX508.

Sony TV, DA4

Reason for Service: No high voltage, intermittently.  Set turns on, then 6 blink error.

Solution: Replaced both
IC6501 and IC8002.  Used MCZ3001DB for
better reliability.

Toshiba TV, 60SX2K

Reason for Service: 
Horizontal / vertical roll.

Solution: Replaced M-301